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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1907)
(HflflJi IHmj W'UMB AN INDKrENDKNT nErUIJ!.TJ HirVSPArER PUIILmiED EVKHV DAY EXCEPTING MON DAY AND ALSO WEEKLY 11Y Tub Coos Bay Times Fddlisiiino Co. FItED PASLEY, Editor. REX LARGE, 1H'sixi:ps MANAOKii.linnl; Second, we not frankly admit that we arc not engineers, that we don't know, and that wo have not one fact on which to base the opinion we may have formed. Then if we are honest with ourselves, let us get together and try to obtain facts on which to form an opinion. Snap judgment on a question as vital ns I believe this to be is not only dangerous, but crlm- Tho policy of The Coos Bay Times will bo llepublican in politics, with the independence of which Pi esident Boose volt is the leading exponent. Entered nt the poMofllcc at Mnrshflcld. Ore gon, for trannillon throuxh the mnlls ai second clas mnllmttlcr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES' Single copy, daily, - - 5 cents 1'or month, daily, - - 50 cents Three months, daily, - - $1 25 Bis months, daily - - $2 50 One year, daily, - - - $5 00 Weekly, per year - - ?1 00 Address all communications to COOS DAY TIMES Marshficld, Oregon. UllIDGIXG COOS IIAV. "Every one admits that a bridge that has to be opened to permit the passing of vessels Is an obstruction. The question Is just how much of an obtructlon this bridge in this par ticular place, and under the condi tions existing here, will work to the shipping Interests of this Bay. At present one hundred per cent, In other words all of the shipping of this harbor is handled In the Upper Bay. We expect this shipping to grow to many times its present she, so that In the future we will have a hundred vessels plying from this har bor to where we now have one. Then ns this line of the Southern Pacific is supposed to be intended for the main lino from the north to the south, handling a business that is making gigantic strides each year, and that will grow in volume much faster In the coming years than it has In the past few years, we may count, The following logical exposition on j say from thirty to forty trains every the bridging of Coos Bay was iv.ltten I twenty-four hours. W0 will, say i these will be the figures in ten years j from today, then let us sit down ! and try to figure what the delay I will be to the vessels entering here I and which desire to come up into the Upper Bay. "Where do you believe will be the several months ago by E. L. Wheeler, Marshficld, when the matter of plac ing a bridge across Coos Bny wns first broached. The article was published in thc Coos Bay Times: "Editor Coos Bay Times: I desire n lllnnn 111 vmti nnliininn nt linnmirxi ,,, ,,. .,., . ,. . .,,,,.,,! future development on the Bay? If of the value of this article In itself, ' , ,, ,,, , .. ,,, ,, - ., , . ... i you believe it will be In the Lower ui,n , . .i r .. 7 , I Bay and believe that the Upper Bay subject matter in the future develop- ment of Coos Bay, and the object of the writer is to call attention to a fnV lininrc: in 1m nntiotrloiTwl In Mn ,,, - , .. , ., , , flict with your ideas, but if you favor matter of allowing the Southern Pa- , , , ' ' . . oifin noii,,..,,. i ,.i, i iii applying to both the State and cific Hallway to build a bridge across TT ,.., ,.,,,, , ti, ,i,i,u f m, n.. ,. .. . I United States for aid in dredging and w .a.v4iwu Uk niu AJUJ UUtl.t:il LllU is of lesser consequence and Is not to be given consideration, then a bridge across the Bay will not con- town of North Bend and the entrance to the harbor, and to arouso a gen eral discussion of the question to the end that wo may all obtain a better understanding of the entire matter: "For convenience I will speak of the "Lower Bay" as that part be tween the entrance and North Bend and the "Upper Bny" as that part between North Bend and the Isthmus Inlet or the Southern Pacific depot. "Befor0 going fuither I desire to say that I have met some parties who favored the granting of a bridge per mit across the Lower Bay for the rea son that it was favored and practi cally asked by Mr. U J. Simpson, they stating that he has been more ener getic in the development of the Bay i than any other one' man, and if he improving the Upper Bny, then b3 very careful that you do nothing to jeopardize those plans as the bridg ing of the Bay would possibly do. "The people of Marshficld hav more than that to look at. The Southern Pacific, through Its agent on the ground, Mr. Nier, of the right-of-way department, states that thp Upper Bay can be made a harbor, that the shipping of this Bay will be done from the Lower Bay, and that It i3 very possible that If a bridge is built across the Bay the Southern Pacific will lay tracks along the water front to below Empire -and will build the shipping Interest there in stead of In the Upper Bay as at present. "Marshlleld now handles nearly all for side-tracks or main line? Do wo expect any other, or hope for any other railway system at any time in the future to either touch the Bay or to make a tcrminnl here? If so, can we nfford to turn over this entire channel frontage to the Southern Pa cific? "Again, as to the value of the water frontngc apart from that mentioned above, In case the main lino of the Southern Pacific passes along our water front, all of our shipping busi ness will have to be transacted back and forth ncross that main lino of track, on which there will be a large number of heavy and long through freight and passenger trains passing, to say nothing of the switching going on day and night, and our water front business. In other words, our shipping business will have to be carried on at a great risk of both life and property, and ten years from now if that track is allowed to go they will be willing to pay thousands of dollars to have such a nuisance and menace to life removed. "No one on the outside will take a greater interest in Coos Bay than we do ourselves, and If we place our selves in the position of retarding the growth of the Upper Bay we certainly cannot expect either the State's or United States administra tion to develop our harbor in spite of ourselves. We must be jealous in flro nmong young trees may not al ways kill them, but It will check their growth and weaken them so that they will be very susceptible to Insect attacks and fungous diseases. Becurlng fires, however, at last de stroy the whole forest stand, and then chaparral takes possession. On cut-over lands there Is usually a groat accumulation of debris, and t this encourages fire, so that one of I the first steps in flro protection to' some provision for the Vemoval of debris. In 1904 the Forest Service in co operation with the state of California made a thorough study of forest con ditions and their relation to fire on the tract of thc McCloud River Lum ber Company, In Siskiyou County, Cal. The ckief object of this study was to deise some practical system of forest protection. The results, which are now published In Circular 79 of the Forset Service, show that (1) by proper care and the execution of cer tain measures It is possible to de crease, or even to eliminate, the dan ger from forest fires; (2) that such protective measures may be carried out at a reasonable cost; and (3) that the results In most cases will fully justify the necessary expendi tures. The plan adopted, which aims to prevent fires from starting by means tablished, and broad fire lines on which the slash was burned havo lp ;un through thc cut-over land. The cost of all this wa3 about 2 cents po rncrfo per annum. QIC The great mall order LIQUOR HOUSE. Wo pay thc express. Write today for Price List. OREGON IMPORTING CO. 703 Third Street Portland, Oregon IllSfllll SOW Kllirlllo T1. ..... ""- e Holland Brothers' boat works has received new thirty horse-power Buffalo erf gino, which is to boMnstallecl In j boat recently finished on the Coqull river. TRY A TIMES WANT guarding our acts from anything that I of patrol along carefully laid-out could be construed to our dlsadvan-1 routes, was executed so successfully tage, and the building of such a that it has since been extended to all the holdings of the company. Tele phone and tool stations have been es- l If you don't sec any fun in Prizes offered for best shots. wishes It ho should have these parties I wish to say it To aiuiuuut; huil cuuies lit ur sues tint I 0,lt tne Bay. Would !t not be In lielug In the real estate business, am l,anser of losinS not onl-v the f,m,re fully able to appreciate Mr. Simp- """ness, um me snipping mat you son's efforts in behalf of Coos Bav, now a, handling? What will but that with mo I try not to let sen-' Marshlleld amount to in the future tlment overrule my business judg-!lf the shipping is taken below? Far, ment, and that if Mr. Simpson or any for ln the tut"r0- we would Brow in one else asked something that ! size and prosperity, but It would be bridge might most certailnly be so construed. "It Is to the Interest of the entire Coos Bay that no obstruction ever be allowed to be placed across the Bay. a great basin In the Upper Bay for ! Marshfield drop around to the the accommodation of the future SnOOtingf gallery on .Front ot. shipping of this Bay. What has hap pened to change our plans? We most certainly dare not attempt to do both. If so, we had better get the dredging done first. i "We all profess great pride in our I Bay, and we are certainly justified. We profess to be sanguine of a great future for this harbor; then we must ! not allow the sale of property located here, there or yonder on the Bay, to ' govern our action in this matter. All property on the Bay is good. It is valuable, no matter where located, and will be sold by the present own ers rnd by the succeeding owners for year-' to come at an increased price. a i ii Hum u.iiiac win k: uuci lui j nt urging the granting of a permit for 1 &5S35SmW&VZYJ?W.tN33E5ilSr the erection of a bridge across the Bay. which so far as I can see does I not offer one redeeming feature, but I Flanagan &, Bennett Bank on the contrary does show a number j . n nnvnnv -A-JUH H ?1 .yyrr.'rrjj y. ) w? ft Dr. Bancroft FOR VISUAL DEFECTS NERVOUS CHRONIC ILLS Office opp. Central Hotel Every twenty-four hours brings the summer a day nearer and with it the problem of dress, Our spring and summer suits-ready to wear on the 'day there're bought-arc offered with full assurance of their correctness in style without ex aggeiation. Workmanship's with out a flaw. Thc famous thought would or might In the future work an Injury to Mnrshfield I would opposo the granting of the favor. I 31 m in business in Marshlleld, and Harshfield comes before any other district on the Bay. "In discussing the matter I have also met some who do not desire to take any stand against the Southern Pacific for fear that if antagonized tho road will not be built. To them 3 would suggest the thought that at so far in the future that the most of us would not live to see it. "The idea that whatever helps the Bay helps Marshtield, Is rather a far fetched Idea. It does if it is rlsht close at hand, but if off at a distance the benefit needs a microscope to find it. "No, we should do more than that, wo should fight, and fight desperate ly, and to the last ditch before we should allow anything to be done tho time Mr. Harriman decided to at will place In the least danger of build the road down this coast thelloslnS " - f our shipping in- towns of Marshficld and North Bend were not the drawing cards. I think this so strongly that I am of the opinion that the united efforts of tho two towns could not prevent Mr. Harriman from building down this coast If ho so intends, and if he In tends to go down tho coast he can not got away from this section; he can not go Inland; then the thing for us terest. The very reason for our ex istence ns a town is the fact that this is the outlet for the agricultural land tributary to the Bay, that this is the outlet for the timber and for the coal lands. Therefore, any stop that places our shipping interests ln danger is a step toward financial death for everything here. In time, whon the lower ond of the Bay be comes ovorcrowded, we would start get the in iln Is nnt to lose slcen for fear tho rnllwnv will not irot what it needs I "Rain but wO would only but wo should see that the road gooS;crumbs untn thnt tlnie whero it will bo to tho most advan-, "The natural place for the shipping tage to us and tho Bay, and whore It to grow Is at tho poiut of contact be ivlll work tho loast harm. Uween tho railway and the deep ' "Wo need not worry If the road has ' water, that can be reached by ves- of possible dangers which appear not only possible, but very probable? "Above all things we should move slowly In this matter, and find out before we act whether we are work ing an injury to the Bay or not; and if, after investigation, we find there is the least danger, in the cause of self preservation, we should oppose the f-rectlon of such a bridge. "Whether right or wrong, the peo ple of the Bay should not stand for any proposition concerning their wel fare being railroaded through any J INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS Coos Bay organization. Before the ' Marshfield Chamber of Commerce . should take this matter up for ac-j tion, I would suggest that the mat-' ter should be gone Into thoroughly. ' EDGAR L. WHEELER. , i npitnl biihcribtil JW.000 rapiml I'aiil I'p HO.OOO (.'iull Idol l'rolits f.000 Does ii cencral banking business end draws ou the I'm-' 'Mforn!i. S-nn Francisco Calif.. Kim National 3ank Portland Or., Klrsl Si lonal Bank, Roseburg, Or., Hanover Na tliu at u.., .,... York, N. M. KutlichlM A Son, London, England. Also sell change on nearly all the principal cities of Europe. Accounts kept subject to check, safe deposit lock boxe3 for rent at 5 cents a month or (5. a ear. PACIFIC COAST TIMBER FIRES. ! Fire has always been the worst enemy of the forest. In many cases , the risk of fire is so great often lum- i berlng that land owners have not tried any system of conservative log ging, but have Instead cut the forest j clean in the belief that young timber ' would be burned, if left, before it could attain sufficient growth for a second crop. This is almost the rule In the heavy forests of the Pacific coast, where fires have been so preva lent that they have come to be re garded as a necessary evil. A single Oakley & Arnold CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS North Bend, Ore. Phl210ne o Office ia Myers Bldp. COLLEGIAN CLOTHES 2nd Street In Sacchi New Building c 3 "f Ml i III i ill IT I i Mill lliiYHMff IP p Bwg" MITIMOTIimnillflBaBMJ-HLiM OLIVES to build one bridge or threo bridges. Wo must romomber that the ex- sols with the least hindrance. If the . bridge is built, that point would be porleuce of other places Is that the ' low the bridge; third. ' poople generally had to fight to keep I "ir the shining 6 done rrom the tho railway from taking the earth, i lower end of the Bay, the water We can feel fairly confident that if front values for ears to come will wo hold up our ond of the fight with i be centered there, and If our water front Is not developed, every lot or acre of land Is effected so far as , values are concerned. "If the bridge Is not built across the middle of the Bay and the rail way has to pass around the Bay the principal point of contact of the rail way and deep water is in the Upper Bay and the shipping of the future! will be centered in the Upper Bay. as It is at present, and the Uppet) Bay water front will Increase in val i 1 fAAS m A V MTV I a w &. nw ry. etj &a m . ra a the Southern Pacific in the future that we will do well, exceedingly well. By that you must not under stand that I am opposed to the rail wa. but it is comiug through here for purely business reasons ami we juust govern our acts accordingly. "I desire to call atteution to the following points In as short aud con cise a manner as possible, and still cover the ground I with, believing that each should b given attention before an final step is takeu by the . ue owiug to the Increased demand people of Marshfield and the Bay. j for shipping facilities, and the In First, I creased business transacted on the "On this point I nut trunk to admit water front will increase the Inland ' I am not nblo to pass an Intelligent property values, opinion. ct I believe that I am as Again. Is it to the Wst Interests capable ns a number are whom I of th. Bay that the entire dorp water Imvo licnrd sny that tho effect wouUhanucl of the I ttnr Bay be turned, bo so and so and so und so Why do over to one railway system whether ul,iiiJ;Vhh,'r.-,JllLCrlrilaJar9E3C; ON EAST SHORE OF BAY Level bench land, all cleared, for business blocks Gentel sloping, Aldercovered land, for residence lots. Reasonable Prices Easy Terms Also 550 acres Dairy Farm on Kentuck Inlet. Free Launch from Marshfield and North Bend. Call at our office opposite Central Motel, Marshfield, Ore. or call us upjonphone. Coos Bay Townsite Comnanv 9 O. C. SETHER, Pres, and Gen. Manager I N. F. THRONE, Secretary I, Great big tender ones-appetising-a real relish. You'd pay double for the same grade elsewhere. Ask your neighbor-she buys olives there. i4 ASA fldHIII Corner B. and Second streets. Rsrr. -